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Data Sharing in a Connected World: Does the EU Data Act Call for New Business Models?

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The EU Data Act (the Act), entered into force on January 11, 2024 but most of its provisions will apply from September 12, 2025. For any organization that designs, manufactures, or uses connected products, provides related...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Federal Government Launches Platform for AI Experimentation

Calling it the “infrastructure for America’s AI future,” the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently launched USAi, a secure generative artificial intelligence evaluation suite enabling federal agencies to share a...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (August 26, 2025)

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FTC Chairman Sends Warning Letters to Technology Companies Regarding Data Security and Censorship. On August 21, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent warning letters to thirteen technology companies that provide cloud computing,...more

IR Global

Client Beware: The Utilization of Artificial Intelligence Platforms and the Potential Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege

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The rapid evolution of digital technologies has ushered in a new era for the legal profession—one characterized by both unprecedented promise and intricate new hazards. As practitioners and clients alike become more reliant...more

Hogan Lovells

Thailand releases draft guidelines on government cloud adoption and data classification

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Thailand's Digital Government Development Agency (“DGA”) has published two sets of draft public sector-targeted guidelines intended to steer government agencies towards implementing cloud technologies and data classification...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Key Takeaways from the CrowdStrike Global Threat Report 2025

Published in August 2025, the CrowdStrike Global Threat Report 2025 provides a detailed overview of the evolving cyber threat landscape, drawing on data from millions of endpoints and cloud workloads worldwide....more

Venable LLP

Have You Updated Your End User License Agreement (EULA) for 2025?

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In the fast-evolving world of software licensing, mobile app, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements, your end user license agreement (EULA) or end user customer agreement is more than a formality. It is a risk...more

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ECB Guide on outsourcing cloud services to cloud service providers

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The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its Guide on outsourcing cloud services to cloud service providers (the "Guide") clarifying how banks are expected to comply with obligations under the EU Digital Operational...more

A&O Shearman

ESMA revises cloud outsourcing guidelines to align with DORA

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final report, updating the 2021 guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers in line with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). The 2021...more

DLA Piper

The Digital Decade and Its Transformative Impact on Cloud

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The EU is advancing toward its Digital Decade goal of digital transformation by 2030, which includes at least 75% of EU business using cloud-edge technologies for their activities. Meanwhile, one of the cornerstone...more

J.S. Held

Navigating Cloud Forensics in Complex Investigations

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Introduction: Understanding Cloud Data in the Modern Digital Landscape - In today’s hyper-connected digital world, we interact with vast amounts of data, much of which isn’t stored locally on our devices but instead...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Future-Proofing Your Data Center: A Strategic Imperative

In 2023, a data center experienced a complete power loss during a scheduled electrical grid maintenance. Less than five months later, that same facility faced another major power outage. However, this time the impact was...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Maryland sales tax multiple points of use exemptions: Is the juice worth the squeeze?

In the waning days of its 2025 session, the Maryland Legislature passed the Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act, and Governor Wes Moore signed it into law.[1] This bill expands the sales tax base to include sales of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

How Startups Can Navigate Through the Digital and AI Law Maze in Europe

Technology rapidly advances in the realms of AI and cloud computing. With emerging innovations like quantum computing on the horizon, the legal landscape is evolving at an equally swift pace. The European Union adopted...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

EU Data Act: Three Months To Go Before New Rules on Data Access and Sharing Take Effect

Executive Summary - The EU Data Act, whose requirements apply from 12 September 2025, establishes new rights for businesses and consumers to access data they generated using “connected devices,” limiting the exclusive...more

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The European Commission publishes its AI Continent Action Plan

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On April 9 2025, the European Commission published the AI Continent Action Plan (the Action Plan), which outlines the EU’s strategy to enhance innovation, competitiveness and regulatory compliance in artificial intelligence...more

Lighthouse

Cloud Attachments: What Every Legal and GRC Team Needs to Know

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From our M365 Academy Series, learn about the current state of cloud attachments, their behavior in Teams and OneDrive, and why you may need to update your traditional preservation strategies to manage them. ‍...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

An Update on Cloud Computing in the Financial Sector

In 2023, we summarized the U.S. Department of Treasury report that raised concerns about the growing reliance of financial institutions (FIs) on cloud computing. Treasury highlighted structural imbalances and regulatory blind...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Key Changes in the Final and Proposed Digital Content and Cloud Computing Regulations

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The U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) released final and proposed regulations under § 861 of the Code addressing the U.S. federal income tax classification of digital content and cloud computing transactions (the “Final...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FedRAMP 20x Initiative Promises Major Changes for Federal Cloud Service Providers

Major changes are coming again to the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program ("FedRAMP"), the federal government's cybersecurity authorization program for cloud service providers ("CSPs")....more

Holland & Knight LLP

GSA Announces Overhaul of FedRAMP with Emphasis on Industry Input and Automation

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The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently announced plans to develop the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) 20x – a new approach to the government-wide program for the security...more

Morgan Lewis

Data Center Operations: Aligning Supply Chain, Compliance, and Customer Expectations

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The demand for data centers is continuing to accelerate, fueled largely by generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), broader digital transformation, and organizations migrating to cloud infrastructure. Gen AI adoption...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FedRAMP 20x – Major Overhaul Announced to Streamline the Security Authorization Process for Government Cloud Offerings

On March 24, 2025, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (“FedRAMP”) announced a major overhaul of the program, which is being called “FedRAMP 20x.” The FedRAMP 20x announcement stated there are no immediate...more

Cozen O'Connor

FedRAMP Update – New Approach(es) to Authorization on the Way

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On Monday, March 24, 2025, the General Services Administration (GSA) launched FedRAMP 20x, as an effort to automate parts of the program and create collaboration with the industry to improve authorization process for cloud...more

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FedRAMP Announces New Approach to Assessing Security of Cloud Services Providers, Leveraging Commercial Practices and Tools

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WHAT: FedRAMP has announced that it will be working on a new framework for authorization and assessment of cloud services for federal consumption, calling the initiative “FedRAMP 20X” (announcement here). In response to...more

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